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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Plutarch is known for his tenderness towards which group of people?
(a) Young women.
(b) Children.
(c) Young men.
(d) Elderly women.

2. "Love Letters" by Richard Steele contains love letters written by which two figures?
(a) Lust and Affection.
(b) Stubborn and Easy-going.
(c) Careless and Constant.
(d) Love and Hate.

3. Seneca the Younger adheres to which school of philosophy?
(a) Stoicism.
(b) Phenomenology.
(c) Agrarianism.
(d) Nihilism.

4. What is the implicit message of "An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification?"
(a) A woman should be allowed to express her opinion.
(b) Even the greatest vices can be rationalized by the diseased mind.
(c) Humans live in a constant state of denial.
(d) Women, like children, should be seen and not heard.

5. Beyond the Monstrous Child, who else is discussed in "Of a Monstrous Child?"
(a) A man who grows too much hair like a wolf.
(b) A man who claimed to see demons in his sleep.
(c) A man in his thirties with no genitalia.
(d) A woman who sleeps with men and then steals their money.

6. What did Kenko become in 1324?
(a) A blacksmith.
(b) A Buddhist monk.
(c) The emperor of Japan.
(d) An ambassador.

7. What is the disposition of the eunuch Montaigne describes in "Of a Monstrous Child?"
(a) Thoughtful, and wise.
(b) Happy and free.
(c) Miserable and suicidal.
(d) Cautious, and paranoid.

8. What career did Montaigne have prior to writing?
(a) He was an attorney.
(b) He was a tanner.
(c) He was a teacher.
(d) He was a court clerk.

9. Which trait BEST describes what others thought of Michel de Montaigne in his youth?
(a) Hard-working.
(b) Austere.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Miserly.

10. At which university did Abraham Cowley study?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Harvard.
(d) The University of Paris.

11. What place does Seneca describe in "Scipio's Villa?"
(a) The palace.
(b) The farm.
(c) The arena.
(d) The temple.

12. In "Hateful Things," Sei Shonagon hates when a mosquito appears at what time?
(a) When one is getting ready to take a bath.
(b) When one is having sex.
(c) When one is getting ready to eat.
(d) When one is falling asleep.

13. Which of the following is NOT a feature of Charles Lamb's writing?
(a) Pen names.
(b) Mockery.
(c) Excessive moralizing.
(d) Exaggerated metaphors.

14. Who raised Charles Lamb?
(a) The state.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His older sister.
(d) His uncle.

15. What does Montaigne conclude in "Of a Monstrous Child?"
(a) Deformed babies should be killed at birth.
(b) Doctors are nothing but charlatans and quacks.
(c) Nothing is contrary to nature; everything is natural.
(d) Towns should pursue an "eye for eye" system of justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What political party did Abraham Cowley support?

2. What art form is Seneca considered the founder of?

3. What is Montaigne's general view of humanity?

4. What is ironic about the Montaigne essay title, "Of a Monstrous Child?"?

5. In Montaigne's "On Some Verses..." essay, what opinion does he express about the sexes?

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